COPS: A Computer Operations Performance Simulation System

Abstract

Performance analysis of Computer Operations Systems in the integrated System-of-Systems environment is a dijjicult but essential task to assure their successful deployment. This paper describes a prototyping effort, entitled COPS (Computer Operations P e r f o m m e Simulation System), initiated to provide a mechanism for the eflcient modeling and simulation of integrated operations Systems performance by system designers, planners and performance analysts. We deJine the objectives of the COPS work, the requirements and scope of the study, the modeling concept on which COPS is based, the COPS system design, a description of each of the major COPS building blocks and an example application of COPS to an integrated Operations Systems modeling problem.